Postural tachycardia in children and adolescents: What is abnormal?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-226

  Singer, Wolfgang ^a   Sletten, David M ^a   Opfer Gehrking, Tonette L ^a   Brands, Chad K ^a   Fischer, Philip R ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; POSTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855709368     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.08.054     Document Type: Article

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